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Tuesday, 08 January 2019: Coillte is pleased to announce that it is in the process of transferring ownership of our forests at Nephin, Co. Mayo into the Ballycroy National Park. When the transfer is complete the land will be managed by the National Park and Wildlife Service. Through this project the National Park will be &hellip
We are aware that some some members of the local public near Belleek Woods in County Mayo have queried the recent felling of trees in our forest. Earlier this year, we engaged in a formal three month consultation process with the Belleek community, regarding the need to clearfell six acres of commercial forestry in the &hellip
Coillte sells its operating wind farm assets to Greencoat Renewables plc for an Enterprise Value of €281m Equity price achieved of €136.1 million, above Coillte’s original target of €125 million Coillte had invested a total of €25m equity in these four wind farms over past 4 years Capital raised to be recycled back into the &hellip
Coillte highlights the need for long-term investment into key biodiversity sites Coillte launches ‘BioClass’, a new tool for recording and reporting biodiversity areas of value on the Coillte estate Since 2000, Coillte has restored 2,300ha of native forests and 3,300ha of raised bog and blanket bog habitats Coillte, Ireland’s largest commercial forestry and land solutions &hellip
Over 100 people attend opening & family fun day Over 100 members of the public and local community groups gathered at Coillte’s Ballhoura Mountain Bike Trail on Saturday 25th August for the official opening of the latest mountain bike trail in the complex. . The new trail was funded by the community development fund of &hellip
Coillte, in partnership with the National Parks and Wildlife Service, host Biodiversity Information Day on raised bog restoration. Coillte and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, hosted a Biodiversity Information Day in County Galway, to showcase raised bog restoration works on Coillte lands. Members of &hellip